We have known for some time that violence in the home leads eventually to anti-social behavior. New research is telling us that there is another, seemingly less violent, form of trauma that has an equally devastating impact. That trauma is neglect, and its impacts can be just as devastating as physical violence.
By Ross Bishop The U.S. is at an important crossroads. For years conservatives have sucked the social system dry to support the wealthy and to drive an unholy anti communist, pro-military alliance. But with the infrastructure system in the U.S. screaming for attention and the world transitioning away from fossil fuels, the traditional way of doing things isRead more
Life presents us with endless opportunities to open to it. We are unable to take advantage of most of those because we come here with issues to resolve, and those prevent us from living in Truth until they are resolved. When we cannot hold Truth we are obliged to live according to our beliefs. And beliefs are builtRead more
After thousands of years of living experience and having exceptional teachers like Christ, Moses, Lau Tsu, Buddha, and the many gurus of India, we are still struggling to answer the question of exactly what we are doing here. We have made progress over the millennia, but we still have a ways to go.
There are two major issues that collide regarding gun violence and neither presents a good solution. Together they make for an intractable situation. The two parts are the guns and secondly the people who commit violent acts with them.